Washington D.C., Oct 26, 2017 / 14:01 pm
A pro-marriage student group at Georgetown University has drawn support from prominent Catholic scholars, after a student petition accused the group of promoting intolerance.
Love Saxa is a pro-marriage student group at Georgetown, which faces an Oct. 30 hearing before the Student Activities Commission, an advisory body to the university's Vice President of Student Affairs.
Fr. James Martin, SJ, author of "Building a Bridge," a book on dialogue between the Catholic Church and LGBT groups, said that he supports the right of "Love Saxa," to promote its views at Georgetown.
"Why should a student group that espouses Catholic teaching respectfully be defunded by a Catholic university? As long as Love Saxa treats LGBT people (both on campus and off campus) with 'respect, compassion and sensitivity,' as the Catechism requires, then they should be able to have their say on campus," Martin told CNA.